Last December I got a free 10 foot Echostar dish to replace my 7 1/2 foot KTI dish. I had been having trouble locking many DVB-S2 signals with the 7 1/2 foot dish. I had been trying to peak the 10 foot dish for months to get the DVB-S2 signals with limited success. Ku on the 10 foot dish was crappy compared to the 7 1/2 foot dish. No matter what I did, I couldn't improve ku reception. As a result, I tried improving the ku reception on my 90 cm Fortec dish by installing a new Ivacom lnbf. I recently got a Prof 7500 to replace my TT S2-3200 DVB-S2 tuner. Now DVB-S2 reception on the 90 cm Fortec is excellent. Since I no longer needed Ku on the big dish, I removed the corotor and replaced it with the polarotor Cband only feed that came with the 10 foot dish. Lo and behold, DVB-S2 signals now come in fine. By peaking for ku on the big dish, I was underilluminating the dish and Cband performance was being compromised. I had no idea that was happening. For DVB signals, it made no difference, but for DVB-S2 it made all the difference in the world. I'm now in FTA heaven. If there is such a place.
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Tis GOOD news, another happy camper! this is valuable info and thanks for sharing 
this may come in handy for me someday too...
this may come in handy for me someday too...
Glad to hear you made to heaven with the rest of us. 
I've had my Diamond 9000HD for a year now and would be lost without my S2.
I've had my Diamond 9000HD for a year now and would be lost without my S2.
One of the reasons I leave ku off my 12 foot is because there is always a trade off. I'm a purist, c band on one dish ku on another. It's probably from what I learned dxing OTA tv as a kid. Use a VHF antenna for 2-13 and a UHF antenna for 14-83. That way you get the most performance.
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